# outdoor vs outdoors

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### outdoor
*adjective · IPA /ˌaʊtˈdɔː/ · frequency rank #4,875*
Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air.

### outdoors
*adverb · IPA /aʊtˈdɔː(ɹ)z/ · frequency rank #11,083*
Not inside a house or under covered structure; unprotected; in the open air.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/outdoor-vs-outdoors